:festival of morbid arts:

Morbid the world goes down – long live the downfall! Dystopian scenes of mysterious origin concentrate once again under the flag of MORBVS MAXIMVS. In contrast to former years MM 2019 is focusing on just one evening, but forced even harder to match with these dark prophecies…

MORBVS MAXIMVS is an event that is celebrated since 2015 in Eastclub Bischofswerda (Eastern Germany). Based on the tradition of MORBIDE FESTSPIELE – a festival that was hold about sixteen times between 1996 and 2014, over the years offering a stage to such illustrious names like GORGOROTH, AURA NOIR, MARDUK, HAEMORRHAGE, MAYHEM, UNHOLY GRAVE, EXHUMED and many more – MORBVS MAXIMVS is focusing the original central idea again: the morbidity in music as a way of art and expression. So, it’s no wonder when convention is merging with avant-garde, when musical limits are under attack to sail round everyday trivialities: MORBVS MAXIMVS is not any longer just a festival but an overall picture resulting out of diverse pieces, an image that is experiencing refinements year by year. And, of course, the musical spectrum is not any longer focusing on grindcore, on black and death metal – it is rather including those genres measuring up with the context of “morbid”, such as industrial, sludge, noise, jazz and related fields. But no way to exclude also the silent sounds as long as it fits in the context. Always exerted for new challenges artists will be booked with best care and attention, for contributing their share to a pulsating width.

Since the mid-nineties Eastclub Bischofswerda is a well-respected address for extreme music in the Eastern part of Germany. With its capacity of five hundred visitors it’s the perfect place for these sized festivals. Beyond that Eastclub is spreading this specific morbid flair that is really necessary for an event named MORBVS MAXIMVS.